MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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